2024 Coriole Piquepoul, McLaren Vale

Gee, Coriole are knocking out some excellent white wines. Love the texture here, it’s really chalky and pithy, and in with that some brine, a little lavender and lemon thyme perfume, ripe lemon and pink grapefruit, juicy and zippy acidity, with a peppery finish of excellent length. Delightful. So clean and fresh. I’m giving it a bonus point for being so interesting and good to drink.

94 points Gary Walsh winefront.com.au

This saw a classic cool-steel ferment, with some pressings blended back. Picpoul can be linear and acidic with not too much else going on, a perfect seafood and sunshine wine. This still fills the latter brief, but there’s also real depth and detail to the fruit flavours – it’s the 10th release, so vine age may also be chiming in. Classic green apple and lemony zing, red apple skin, a burr of grip, there’s tension and nerve, with a briny, maritime quality. It’s dry, mouth puckering, salivating. Lovely.

93 points Special Value Marcus Eliis winecompanion.com.au

The tenth release of Piquepoul - Coriole were the first to grow Piquepoul in Australia.

The nose is spritely and fresh showing fresh lemon, cypress and white nectarine. The palate is fine and long with fresh acidity providing drive and texture, flavours of citrus blossom, jasmine flower and wet stone leaving the palate craving seafood, natural oysters especially!